Lamb Pit

Lamb Pit

HER Number

3904

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Lamb Pit

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Lamb Pit (Coal).

Easting

428150

Northing

556540

Grid Reference

NZ428150556540

Sources

<< HER 3904 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7